Janet Malcolm Quotes

The good journalist is never objective. He is always neutral.

I don't view myself as a political leftie. I view myself as a storyteller who is fair to both sides.

Objectivity in the end is an unattainable ideal.

I think by laying it out for the viewer I'm avoiding the issue of bias.

I want the news delivered unbiased. I thought that was the whole point with journalism.

I believe the most important thing for the media is to be objective, fair, and balanced. We should not report a story with preconceptions or prejudice.

A journalist covering politics, most of us are aware of the necessity to try to be sure we're unbiased in our reporting. That's one of the fundamentals of good journalism.

There is kind of this spirit in journalism to tell both sides of the story and to just let the listeners choose what they want to choose, and I understand that, and there's a place for it, but on some issues, we really do need to take a stand.

I think the idea of journalists being neutral is very important.

I think I've earned a reputation of being fair and that I'll hear all sides from the entire political spectrum.

When I was in journalism school, you were taught to be completely objective. But we don't see that anymore.

I'm a little concerned about this notion everybody wants us to be objective.

Because appearing to be fair is part of being fair, most mainstream news organizations discourage marching for causes, displaying political bumper stickers or giving cash to candidates.

Impartial - unable to perceive any promise of personal advantage from espousing either side of a controversy.

The journalistic code of ethics governing the broadcasts requires that opposing views be presented, and that journalists' personal opinions or judgments be left out of factual reporting.

I do my best not to have any expectations when I go into a movie because it's not fair.

I write with as much objectivity as I can.

I don't look for good-news stories or bad-news stories.

The first duty of a newspaper is to be accurate. If it be accurate, it follows that it is fair.

I'm very partisan, but I'm also very fair.

I am not a rabid partisan.

It's not proper for a professor to go before a class and promote one party or another. That's not academic scholarship.

I want to stress the importance of being fair to our readers. You should not impose your own view and prejudice on the readers and try to lead them to a conclusion. As a reader, I understand what a fair report is.

I don't believe it's humanly possible to be free of bias.

Many times, when you do what I do or work in journalism in general, people try to not explicitly present their opinions on topics.